{"id":147566,"date":"2025-01-24T15:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T22:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=147566"},"modified":"2025-01-24T15:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T22:33:10","slug":"swiss-govt-pledges-support-to-reclaim-sri-lankan-assets-held-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/01\/24\/swiss-govt-pledges-support-to-reclaim-sri-lankan-assets-held-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss govt pledges support to reclaim Sri Lankan assets held abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Ambassador of Switzerland to Sri Lanka and Ambassador designate to the Maldives, Dr. Siri Walt, has assured Switzerland\u2019s support in recovering assets that have been moved out of Sri Lanka.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambassador Walt made these remarks during a meeting held today (24) at the Presidential Secretariat with the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During discussions, Ambassador Walt provided guidance on the international measures required for reclaiming such assets and expressed Switzerland\u2019s readiness to extend support whenever necessary by providing essential resources and assistance, the President\u2019s Media Division (PMD) reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion also focused on utilizing Switzerland\u2019s expertise and technical knowledge to assist Sri Lanka\u2019s on-going anti-corruption initiatives. The Swiss government reiterated its commitment to providing technical and financial support for Sri Lanka\u2019s priority programs, including the Clean Sri Lanka\u201d program, the PMD said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ambassador additionally expressed Switzerland\u2019s commitment to supporting Sri Lanka in addressing social challenges, promoting national reconciliation, and assisting with the development of the Northern region through necessary aid and resources.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting was attended by Senior Additional Secretary to the President, Roshan Gamage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>&#8211;PMD<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana The Ambassador of Switzerland to Sri Lanka and Ambassador designate to the Maldives, Dr. Siri Walt, has assured Switzerland\u2019s support in recovering assets that have been moved out of Sri Lanka.&nbsp; Ambassador Walt made these remarks during a meeting held today (24) at the Presidential Secretariat with the Secretary to the President, Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}